Heart of Saturday

Like yesterday, will post a link to the pattern when I can :)

This was fun to crochet. 

Crochet Heart

Will post link another time - this mobile app doesn't do them up correctly

Gratitude 20140204

~sending to PostCrossing postcards - one to Germany and one to Russia
~getting back the blog post I accidentally deleted - iPod Touch to the rescue!
~if I mail two items tomorrow, I'll be all caught up for Month of Letters
~Upgrading my town hall in Clash of Clans
~having a Starbucks gift card, letting me get a treat this afternoon
~Working on a crocheted rose heart - hopefully the finishing instructions will pull this into shape. Right now it's more a spiral mess than anything else. Still, it's an interesting approach to the shapes :)

Postal Reading Challenge: improving!

City of Masks by Mike Reeves-McMillan

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This book has been a delight! Even if epistolary works aren't your preferred format, if you enjoy a good story with rich characterization that's well narrated, give this one a listen. Not only is the story engaging, the mystery is remarkably well crafted. I'm looking forward to reading more from this author :)



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Hat progress!

Knit on this Saturday and today, just binding off, weaving in ends, and blocking!  

You can just barely see the satin ribbon I ran through the live stitches so I could try it on. I love that trick :)

Gratitude, Knitting, and Writing

~joining PostCrossing Will send out my first postcards once I buy the international postcard postage
~Jeny's surprisingly stretchy bind off
~finishing this hat

~hanging out at the main library branch
~usps.com has a really good mobile site for calculating postage
~Dude! There's a vertical garden outside the main branch of the public library!

~Adding gadgets to the sidebar of this blog :)
~Trying out a knit heart pattern It didn't thrill me, but was fun to try none the less
~Listening to City of Masks by Mike Reeves-McMillan. A good story so far, and very well narrated
~being given a PDF copy of The Queen of Heaven
~these excellent writing exercises from Mary Robinette Kowal
~writing practice!

Stepping through the door, she could see most of the downstairs. The front room was open, furniture lining the walls and legos strewn across the floor. A hall ran parralel to the galley kitchen, each opening into the dining area and study at the back of the townhouse. The same open plan seemed the rule in the back as well as the front, making an unintended oval track any dog or child was sure to run along at some point.
***Stepping through the door, he could see the front room, part of the kitchen, and the stairs up to the bedrooms. The furniture was all pushed back against the walls, and seemed more for show than for comfort. He smiled as he glanced up the stairs, then strolled down the hall and into the study/dining area. The table was small, and very close to the kitchen. Even seated at either end, the diners would still be close to each other.

Postal Reading Challenge: off to a mediocre start

The Dracula Dossier: A Novel of Suspense by James Reese

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


Meh. I enjoyed the characterization in this book. While the plot cleverly interweaves into actual history, it's quite predictable. it's worth reading for the glimpses into the lives of literary lights of the day, but the story isn't particularly compelling.

It's almost cheating to count this for the Postal Reading Challenge. It's told from Stoker's perspective, under the conceit of being a record of a kind with the novel Dracula. While Dracula felt like a scrapbook of various accounts and journals, this is really one long narrative with letters, notes, and articles tacked in here and there. I had hoped for more.



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